In 'Woman's Inhumanity to Woman', Phyllis Chesler delves into the often-overlooked topic of women's aggression towards other women. The book, which took 21 years to write, is based on extensive research including primate and anthropological studies, workplace analyses, sociological data, and hundreds of original interviews. Chesler argues that women internalize societal biases and misogyny, leading to behaviors such as gossip, exclusion, and competition that undermine female solidarity and empowerment. The book explores various contexts, including relationships between mothers and daughters, sisters, friends, and women in the workplace, highlighting the need for women to recognize and overcome these internalized biases to achieve true sisterhood and personal growth.
Caroline Adams-Miller's "Big Goals" delves into the science of goal setting, providing a practical framework for achieving ambitious objectives. The book draws upon decades of research in positive psychology and goal-setting theory, offering a structured approach that moves beyond simplistic methods. It emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between learning and performance goals, and incorporates elements of decision-making science, relationship dynamics, and personal resilience. The book includes numerous worksheets and exercises to guide readers through the process, making it accessible to a wide audience. Ultimately, "Big Goals" empowers individuals to set and achieve challenging goals with a higher likelihood of success.
In 'Getting Grit,' Caroline Adams Miller delves into the science of grit, defining it as 'the passionate pursuit of hard goals that awes and inspires others to become better people.' The book distinguishes between positive and negative types of grit, emphasizing the importance of 'authentic grit' which drives purpose and helps individuals overcome challenges. Miller provides step-by-step tools, worksheets, and exercises to cultivate a resilient mindset, humility, zest, persistence, patience, self-confidence, teamwork, self-regulation, and passion. The book is designed to help readers achieve their goals and live their best lives through the application of these evidence-based strategies.
The book highlights the detrimental effects of noise in various fields such as medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, bail, child protection, strategy, performance reviews, and personnel selection. Noise is defined as random or chaotic deviations from targeted behavior, which can lead to inconsistent judgments even among the same individuals under different conditions. The authors provide research-based insights and practical solutions to reduce both noise and bias, aiming to improve decision-making in multiple areas of life and work.
Caroline Miller shares the overlooked science that helps you pursue your most ambitious goals.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The top goal-setting myths to abandon immediately
2) The two types of goals and how to set them
3) The BRIDGE methodology for effective goal-setting
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— ABOUT CAROLINE —
For over three decades, Caroline Adams Miller has been a pioneer with her groundbreaking work in the areas of the science of goal setting, grit, happiness, and success. She is recognized as one of the world’s leading positive psychology experts on this research and how it can be applied to one’s life and work for maximum transformation.
She is the author of nine books, including My Name is Caroline, Getting Grit, Positively Caroline and Creating Your Best Life, which the "father of Positive Psychology," Dr. Martin Seligman, lauded in Flourish as "adding a major missing piece" to the world of goal setting. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University and attained one of the first 32 degrees in the world in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania.
• Book: Big Goals: The Science of Setting Them, Achieving Them, and Creating Your Best Life
• Book: Getting Grit: The Evidence-Based Approach to Cultivating Passion, Perseverance, and Purpose
• Book site: BigGoalsBook.com
• Child Mind Institute: ChildMind.org
• Website: CarolineMiller.com
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, Cass Sunstein
• Book: Woman's Inhumanity to Woman by Phyllis Chessler
• Study: “Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect” by Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura King, Ed Diener
• Survey: VIA's Character Strengths Survey
• Tool: Perplexity
• Tool: Google Notebook
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